PLEASE NOTE: Celebration is back in the sanctuary! Masks are optional, but encouraged. You also may watch the service on a live stream at home. Please use this option if you aren’t feeling well. To learn more about these choices, please visit mpcfamily.org/celebrate. In order to keep everyone healthy & safe, we will:
- encourage masking when indoors
- run the furnace filtration system for ventilation, doors and windows open only when necessary
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In celebration this week:
- Kim Rankin will play the prelude, “Here I Am To Worship”, (by Tim Hughes, arr. Heather Sorensen)
- Katie Kilby will welcome everyone to Celebration
- Doug Brookes will lead us in the Call to Celebration (Presbyterian Church in Canada, adapted)
- the opening hymn will be “Here in This Place”,
- next Doug will lead us in the Prayer of Confession (United Church of Christ)
- then it’s Time with Children
- Invitations are next
- The MPC Choir will present and anthem, “Daily Grace”, words by Sharon Odegaard; music by Edwin Willmington
- next Doug will read from scripture, Luke 14:34 – 15:10
- Katie will offer a sermon
- the hymn of response will be, “A Woman and a Coin”
- next is Prayers of the People
- then the offering plates will be passed, and Kim will play an offertory, “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” (Psalm 23) (Hymn #802), an ancient Irish melody, arr. Dan Forrest
- the closing hymn will be “God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us”
- we will recite the Charge
- there will be a benediction
- followed by a postlude, “You Shall Go Out With Joy” (Hymn #80)
The Charge (say together) Go out into the world in peace. Have courage; hold on to what is good. Return no one evil for evil. Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, and help the suffering. Honor all people. Care for Creation. Love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Celebration live stream recordings
Every week, we post a live stream recording to YouTube. You can view information about those live stream recordings and access a link to the playlist on our Celebration Recordings page.